Category: Exchanges

CFTC rule enforcement
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFTC issues recommendations to CBOT, CME, COMEX and NYMEX on rule enforcement

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) has issued the results of a rule enforcement review at the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange, Inc. and New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. that recommends the exchanges reviewed make certain improvements as noted below. The Division reviewed the Chicago Board…

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December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Six Swiss Exchange reports higher trading activity in November

Six Swiss Exchange announced that trading activity has risen sharply in the year to date compared with the same period of 2016. Highlights include: Trading turnover in the year to date: CHF 1,245.1 billion (+6.3% YoY) Number of trades 47,453,956 (+8.4% YoY) All-time record annual ETF turnover achieved in 2016 already broken in November 2017…

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First Republic Bank joins S&P 500 index, replaces Scana Corporation
December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

DCE launches 24 Commodity Futures Indexes

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) informed that it has launched 24 commodity futures indexes, and so far DCE has published a total of 36 indexes of the commodity futures. According to the sources, the newly launched 24 indexes are all the single commodity indexes, including the 2 series: the price indexes of single commodity futures and…

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December 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe VIX Options set new daily volume record

Exchange holding company Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has said that trading volume in options on the Cboe Volatility Index® (VIX®) reached a new all-time high on Friday, December 1. In VIX options at Cboe Options Exchange, a reported 3.1 million contracts traded on Friday, far surpassing the previous single-day record of 2.6 million…

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Spanish Stock Market BME Bolsa de Madrid
December 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BME trading volume reach €46 billion in November

Time for the Spanish Stock Market Bolsa de Madrid (BME) to release its November trading volume report. The highlights include: In the first eleven months of the year trading volume totaled €603.7 billion The number of equity trades to November totaled 47.6 million The trading volume in Financial Derivatives in the first eleven months of…

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December 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX listed products daily turnover in November averaged S$97 million

In the month of November, Singapore Exchange (SGX) listed Structured Warrants, Daily Leverage Certificates (DLCs) and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) generated a combined daily average turnover of S$97 million with Structured Warrants contributing S$74 million (+163% YoY) of the total. More highlights include: DLCs generate a total turnover of S$282 million in November and a…

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